The greens atop your carrot bunches are totally edible and are great in pesto! Read on for how to spin them into nutty, herbal goodness in this guest post from
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EatOrToss in The Washington Post
Check out this piece, by EatOrToss founder Rachael Jackson, in the Washington Post! Sprouting onions and scarred tomatoes: How to tell whether fading produce
Little white rings in your mango?
What you see: Tiny, white-ringed holes in your mango. What it is: Air bubbles in trace amounts of starchy, immature tissue. Eat or toss: Eat! Depending on how
RescueDishDC is on!
If you're in DC, I encourage you to check out RescueDishDC this week! More than a dozen restaurants across the city are featuring creative dishes that
What’s up with circular scars on the bottoms of some tomatoes?
What you see: A scarred ring around the bottom of your tomato What it is: The scarring is a condition called “catfacing,” which is common in some heirloom
Strawberry tops keep things saucy
Today, I'm excited to share a guest post from Jonathan Deutsch of Drexel University. Deutsch, a professor of culinary arts, founded the Drexel Food Lab, which
This carrot hasn’t taken a turn for the worse!
What you see: A very dramatically (or not so dramatically) bent carrot What it is: A perfectly edible carrot that hit an obstacle while it was growing Eat or
White, spongy holes in your mango?
What you see: White holes in your mango; it might seem like the pit is taking over the rest of the mango. What it is: Starchy mango tissue with air pockets.
Mango that’s brownish and purplish inside
What you see: A brown, possibly purplish color when you slice into your mango. It might look normal on the outside. What it is: Deteriorating mango flesh. Eat
Spent grain should be eaten (not tossed!): Q&A with ReGrained
When Dan Kurzrock and Jordan Schwartz first brewed their own beer back in college, the amount of spent grain “waste” astounded them. The industrious students
Aged cheddar with a crusty, white smear?
What you see: A smeary white crust on your aged cheddar. You may be paranoid that it's mold. What it is: Calcium lactate crystals! Eat or toss: Eat! Like the
A sticky issue: clear stuff near mango stem
What you see: Clear sticky stuff around the stem of your mango. What it is: Sap! Eat or toss: The mango is fine to eat. Clear sap near the stem doesn’t indicate
EOT founder for NatGeo: Why it’s tragically easy to be blind to food waste
When I'm not contemplating spots on apples or solving the mystery of unidentified floating objects in gin, I'm at my day job at National Geographic. Recently, I
Papaya seeds are great in salad dressing!
I love papaya and can’t believe it took me this long to learn that the seeds are edible! When raw, they’re peppery with a texture somewhere between a
You can eat sprouted onions — and their sprouts!
What you see: A sprouted onion. What it is: A sprouted onion! Eat or toss: Eat! You can eat the onion and its green shoots too! But, if the onion sprouted a
The case of the uninvited wisp in the honey liqueur
What you see: A wispy thing at the bottom of your honey liqueur What it is: Clumping molecules! Known as “flocculation,” this can happen when organic materials